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I plan to brew a NEIPA this weekend and will be doing a whirlpool for the first time. I typically chill with a plate chiller and re-circulation pump, so I am thinking i can whirlpool as the wort chills and then turn off the cold water supply when I reach 170ish to allow the whirlpool to continue...

Morning all - I am wanting to attempt a brut IPA soon. I am torn between White Labs Ultra Ferm or FermFast Glucoamylase. I believe the two to be the same product minus WL being liquid. Are these two products the same and will either work for brewing a Brut style IPA?

I am looking to stray from the traditional Pilsner with saaz hops. I have a sack of CMC Superior Pilsen on hand, 6 packs of Saflager 34/70, a bottle of lactic acid, and a freezer full of hops to choose from. I will be targeting a 15 gallon batch with a double pitch of yeast. In particular I...

I picked up 20 bushels of honeycrisp apples today. Has anyone tried a single varietal cider from honey Crisp? I plan to pasteurize and freeze at least half of the juice to blend with other varieties later in the season. I will do smaller batches of 100% HC using Belle Saison, T-58, and Safbrew...

I brewed 10 gallons of AG robust porter and 10 gallons of AG biermunchers Oktoberfast on Saturday. Both were mashed in the 157 range to produce full body and split into 4 carboys. 2 carboys are 6.5 gallon glass (porter), 2 are 6 gallon better bottles (o'fest). The porter was pitched with...

I would like to buy a grape crusher or a crusher with destemmer if the price is right. Manual or motorized. I am located in Upstate SC. Jon

Is anyone else using a shop press as fruit press? I purchased a press over the weekend and I am looking for ideas on how to build the catch basin and press racks.

Does anyone have experience with using full drain ACE Roto conical tanks for wine/cider? I am considering using a few of the 85 gallon tanks as primary fermenters before racking off to a less oxygen permeable flex tank for secondary and maturation. My concern obviously is oxidation during...

All, I have the a standard taprite regulator that came with the factory WYE connection with two check valves. The bottom of the check valves came fitted with screw in 5/16" barbs. I would like to replace the barbs with 1/4" MFL's to end up with a setup like this...

I've been making ciders off and on for sometime using store bought juice and a variety of dry wine yeast. I am completely aware of rhino farts and expect them with my ciders. But this is the first time the ciders have really tasted of sulfur. Background: Recently I obtained 50+ gallons of...

I have recently set up a TET-612 PID controller attached to a Honeywell VR8300a gas valve to control the mash temp on my brew stand. I have gone through the PID setup to the best of my ability (granted, that might not be much ability :)) and all is well except for 2 issues. 1) Autotune has to...

The goal of this extract brew is to make a lower alcohol, lower cost IPA as well as getting rid of some of my columbus hops :) 10 Gallon Batch 13.2 lbs Pilsen LME 2 lb 40L 1 lb Carapils 1 lb Victory 2 oz Columbus @ 60 1.5 Columbus @ 15 1.5 Columbus @ 5 Yeast not...

I was able to pick up a Haier HNSE05SS yesterday from the local thift store. I was lucky enough to be there just as the previous owner finished dropping it off and he told me that it worked great. When I bought it home last night I cleaned it out and disconnected the temp probe from the bottom...

Finally added the PID control to my stand yesterday but I still need to drill/mount the thermo probe in the mashtun. My mashtun is a converted keg with a false bottom. During the mash I recirculate from under the false bottom back to the top of the grain bed through locline. The consensus...

Yesterday was my second brew on my new equipment. I am having some issues getting used to the new toys and working out some bugs and would really appreciate your help as I am pretty sure i probably just made 10 gallons of bitter undrinkable beer. The first problem of the day also plagued...

I will be picking up my new brew stand this weekend from the gentleman that built it for me. This will be my first time brewing on a stand setup and my biggest goal is to really try to get a handle on controlling my mash temps so that I can recreate my recipes down the road. I put a lot of...

Quote from Bayou outlet "Make SURE your pot is a minimum of 12 inches from the tips of the natural gas brass jets! They will melt your pot!!!!" Do they really need to be 12" away from the bottom of my keggle as the website specifies? I am sending over final design specs to the person...

I am in the process of designing my brew stand and would like some input from those of you who use them. I have not had the chance to see a brew rig in action so I am a little unclear on what is necessary versus a nice add on. Currently, the only parts I have purchased are (3) Bayou NG...

I would like to add a false bottom and ball valve to my keggle. My primary goal is just to filter out any sludge that made it from the mash tun and be able to use hops with out a hop bag. I also do not have a march pump so it will need to gravity drain from the keggle into my fermenter...

I just saw this on my local (greenville, sc) CL.. Out of my price range but looks like a neat system and possibly a good deal? Looks like it has a few march pumps and PID control. Small Brewery